Phantogram
Voices
Sprouted in 2007, the electronic rock duo
Phantogram has turned heads and sparked the interests of music lovers from all
spectrums.
The natives of New York, Sarah (lead vocals
and keyboards) and Josh (vocals and guitar) have an impressive touring track record:
acts include supporting The xx, Beach House, School of Seven Bells, and Metric
plus appearances at a few of the world’s greatest music festivals. Everyone
wants a piece of what Phantogram has to offer and the other half of Outkast,
Big Boi, is no exception. In February the rapper collaborated with Phantogram
to create three remixes as part of a #MashupMonday segment—to eventually be
made into an EP. Phantogram’s schedule proves to be tightly packed with working
on a song for the Catching Fire soundtrack and their second LP Voices, which
debuted February 18th.
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The lead single off Voices is choppy,
grunge tune Nothing But Trouble. The track opens up the album—powerful and
dangerous, it stacks many digitized elements creating the dark foundation for
the rest of the coming songs. Immediately proceeding Nothing But Trouble is
catchy Black Out Days. Jingling and drumming, the synth-dripped track blends
subtle piano trills into a complicated mixture: a producer’s paradise and
musical labyrinth. Lest we forget the ever-haunting vocals of Josh in Never
Going Home. He croons a heart-breaking ballad over hollow bass, amidst Sarah’s
inaudible mutters and stitched echoes.
Headed down a caliginous road, Phantogram
pours liquid melancholy into their icon-inspired track “Bill Murray”. Sarah’s
vocals are beautifully, smooth and distant. They flow simultaneously with
somber guitar strums and texturized synth—moaning “We’ll be tall.” A Lost in
Translation vibe coated thick throughout its verses.
Voices boasts versatility through its
eleven tracks. The album may be brooding with darker tones, but Phantogram
artfully constructs each song by building its insensity with multiple
instrumentals and layered synth. The album is a vessel taking its audiences on
an abstruse journey of tenebrously enticing feats. Not only has innovative
Phantogram managed to enrapture fans and critics, but their work will continue
to forefront generations of musicians to come.
Phantogram is currently on a North American
tour with a few stops in Europe during the late spring.
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